Research and Course Guides: JPST 250 Justice and Peace: Human Rights

Argue that your social problem is a human rights issue. Discuss the direct impact on people who suffer from this problem. Must include expert analysis and two human interest stories. In this section, you are describing the current conditions that people are experiencing.

Public interest organizations or governmental agencies

Type your human rights topic into Google and add site:org to uncover organizations (global, U.S..or local) which provide information and advocate for change on your topic or add site:gov to determine which government agencies have jurisdiction.

The organizations listed below provide coverage of multiple issues.

Human Rights Watch
Independent organization presenting news,background, statistics, and actions for a wide variety of hument rights issues worlwide.
United Nations - Human Rights
As the world’s only truly universal global organization, the United Nations has become the foremost forum to address issues that transcend national boundaries and cannot be resolved by any one country acting alone.To its initial goals of safeguarding peace, protecting human rights, establishing the framework for international justice and promoting economic and social progress, in the seven decades since its creation the United Nations has added on new challenges, such as AIDS, big data and climate change.
25 International Rights Organizations

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JPST 250 Justice and Peace: Human Rights

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Social Action Organizations